I was a young boy when I met the Surrealists and the Dadaists. I admired them, and that is what they taught me: to admire. Admiration is very important. People who are unable to admire others lose an important part of their soul. My soul developed from a very early age through encounters with admired people.
I certainly admire people who do things.
To be honest, I still get awestruck when I meet my heroes and the people I admire. I think that's only natural.
I don't consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people.
I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.
When I was a young player, I would look at players and think, he does this well, and try and pick up good points from them, or he conducts himself well, I'll pick up on that.
When you are older, you want to be around people you admire, even in their personal lives.
I look around at my peers, and I'm so blown away by their talent and their beauty and their cool style, as well as their ability to be an actress and be a movie star and be good at it. I mean, they're so good, and we're all trying to get the same parts.
I really try to play to my strengths, man. I'm never going to be Guthrie Govan: he's a brilliant player.
We always like those who admire us.
